M. Sam Mannan

Holder of the T. Michael O'Connor I Chair
Director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
Regents Professor

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Telephone: (979) 862-3985
Fax Number: (979) 845-6446
E-mail: mannan@tamu.edu

Mailing Address...
246 Jack E. Brown Engineering Building
3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3122

Education

Ph.D., 1986, Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
M.S., 1983, Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
B.S., 1978, Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Awards & Honors

Norton H. Walton/ Russell L. Miller Award, Safety and Health Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2009
Regents Professor Award, 2007-2008, Texas A&M System Board of Regents
Medal of Honor, Technical University of Lodz, Poland, 2008
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2007
George Armistead, Jr. ’23 Fellow, 2004-2005, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.
Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, The Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, 2003.
George Armistead, Jr. ’23 Fellow, 2003-2004, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.
Consultant to Columbia Accident Investigation Board, 2003.
Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Research Fellow, 2002.
Service to Society, 2000 Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Quality Recognition Award from PPG Industries, Inc.

Research Interests

Dr. Mannan’s research interests include abnormal situation management, aerosol research, inherently safer design, quantitative risk assessment, reactive chemicals, modeling of silane releases, LNG safety and design and flammability research. As director of the Mary Kay O’ Connor Process Safety Center, Dr. Mannan has served as a consultant to numerous entities in both the academic and private sectors. He also has testified before the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions, lending his expertise on matters of national security as it relates to chemical safety and infrastructure.

Selected Publications

Wei, C., W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Understanding Reactive Hazards using Molecular Simulation: Mechanisms of Hydroxylamine Decomposition,” Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 194, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 579-585.

Narayanan, D., Y. Zhang, and M.S. Mannan, “Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Bio-Diesel Production,” Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Part B, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 85, no. B5, September 2007, pp. 349-359.

Mannan, M.S., H.H. West, and P.C. Berwanger, “Lessons Learned from Recent Incidents: Facility Siting, Atmospheric Venting, and Operator Information Systems,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 20, Issues 4-6, July-November 2007, pp. 644-650.

Al-Mutairi, E.M., J.A. Suardin, M.S. Mannan and M.M. El-Halwagi, “An Optimization Approach to the Integration of Inherently-Safer Design and Process Scheduling,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 21, Issue 5, September 2008, pp. 543-549.

Henning, J. B., C.J. Stufft, S.C. Payne, M.E. Bergman, N. Keren, and M.S. Mannan, (in press). “The influence of individual differences on organizational safety attitudes,” Safety Science.


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